October 31, 2019 Archives

Week of October 28, 2019 Archives

RealClearPolitics Evening Edition

Monday, October 28

Why Legacy Media Is Freaking Out Over Victory vs. ISIS

Mollie Hemingway, Federalist

Al-Baghdadi Is Dead. The Story Doesn't End Here.

Thomas Friedman, New York Times

The Tip, the Raid, the Reveal: The al-Baghdadi Takedown

Riechmann & Madhani, AP

'Like a Dog'--The Strategic Utility of Mocking al-Baghdadi

Tom Rogan, DC Examiner

How to Run Successful Impeachment Hearings Against Trump

Ian Millhiser, Vox

The Bidens: Stone Cold Crooked, Part 3

Francis Menton, Manhattan Contrarian

Do You Buy That...Dem Voters Want a New 2020 Candidate?

Nate Silver, 538

Heed Clinton's Warning on Tulsi Gabbard

Juan Williams, The Hill

Seattle Schools Will Start Teaching That Math Is Oppressive

Robby Soave, Reason

The Unfair Maligning of Ken Fisher

John Tamny, RealClearMarkets

Parents of Kayla Mueller Grateful for Death of ISIS Leader

Karina Bland, AZ Republic

Tuesday, October 29

Trump Killed Baghdadi, But He's Brought ISIS Back to Life

Robert Fisk, Independent

The Pathetic Push to Deny Trump Credit for Getting Baghdadi

Jonathan Tobin, NYP

The Democratic Establishment Is Right to Panic

Katrina vanden Heuvel, Wash Post

Schumer Wants to Repeal Private Health Insurance

Roger Kimball, American Greatness

Americans Want Politicians to Fix Problems, Not Fight

Nancy Jacobson, RCP

Pelosi Gives GOP What They Want - & Trump May Regret It

Stephen Collinson, CNN

Obama Hunted Trump Campaign Aides Instead of Terrorists

Julie Kelly, AG

The Big Difference in 2020 Health Plans Isn't Among Democrats

Dylan Scott, Vox

Why It's Smart for the GOP to Act on Prescription Drug Prices

John Blanton, RCP

Katie Hill's Resignation Is a Travesty

Nathan Robinson, The Guardian

Hill's Exit Renews #MeToo Anxiety in Washington

Susan Crabtree, RealClearPolitics

Wednesday, October 30

The 'Demedia's' Impeachment Beat Goes On

Conrad Black, American Greatness

Trump's Ukraine Affair Every Bit as Bad as Watergate

Elizabeth Holtzman, NYDN

Factually Weak Impeachment Will Alter Nature of Our Govt

Peter J. Wallison, RCP

The People Are Sick and Tired of President Trump

Leonard Pitts, Miami Herald

Dems Doth Protest Too Much Against Durham Investigation

Jonathan Turley, The Hill

Targeting of Rep. Katie Hill Is a Warning Shot to Women

Kendall Brown, CNN

Media Promote Hill’s Dishonest Victimhood Tale

Robert Stacy McCain, Amer. Spectator

Why Amy Klobuchar Is Moderate Democrats' Only Hope

David Faris, The Week

Facing Recall, Alaska Governor Sees Kindred Spirit in Trump

Philip Wegmann, RCP

Climate Change Is Burning Down California

Michael Mann, Newsweek

California Is ‘Winning’ Its Way Into the Stone Age

Rich Lowry, New York Post

Thursday, October 31

Pelosi Is Blowing Smoke--Will It Backfire on Dems?

Peter Van Buren, AmConservative

Impeachment Starts for Real--Republicans Won't Like It

Amanda Marcotte, Salon

Biden's Ukraine Dealings Will Dog His Campaign

Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal

Democrats Search for a 2020 White Knight--Don't Bet on it

Albert Hunt, The Hill

Campaign Death Watch Season Begins

Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine

How to Be an Anti-Intellectual

Coleman Hughes, City Journal

Kanye West Wrestles With God, Not Support for Trump

Benjamin Rolsky, CNN

Blame Dems, Not Climate Change, for CA Fires, Blackouts

Chuck DeVore, Federalist

Why Climate Crisis Is the Most Crucial Story We Cover

John Mulholland, Guardian

Freedom of Speech Is Bad, Says Former Time Editor

Nick Gillespie, Reason

Halloween at the White House: A Spirited Discussion

Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics

Friday, November 1

Trump Likes That America Is Polarized, Fragmented

E.J. Dionne, Santa Cruz Sentinel

Donald Trump Versus 'The Interagency Consensus'

Mark Hemingway, The Federalist

The Party-Line Impeachment Is a Problem for Democrats

David Graham, The Atlantic

Will Virginia Go Blue in Statewide Elections?

Gibson & Brown, American Prospect

Western Pennsylvania Is Home to Bellwether Race of 2020

Salena Zito, DC Examiner

Silicon Valley Should Take Hawley War on Big Tech Seriously

Emily Stewart, Recode

Trump's Baffling Plan to Pillage Syria's Oil

Robin Wright, The New Yorker

Don't Leave Grand Strategy to the Generals

Jasen Castillo, The National Interest

A Genuinely Transgressive Act

Roger Kimball, The New Criterion

Trump's War Against Democracy: Is It Already Too Late?

Chauncey DeVega, Salon

Dems' Impeachment Vote Is Exactly What Framers Feared

Alan Dershowitz, The Hill

Sunday, November 3

Nixon's 'Silent Majority' Speech, 50 Years Later

David Shribman, Pitt. Post-Gazette

The GOP Tax Cuts Didn't Work

Derek Thompson, The Atlantic

Why Does the Left Keep Discounting Trump's Economy?

Andy Puzder, FOX News

What Warren and Sanders Get Wrong About FDR

Bill Scher, Politico

How a Partisan Impeachment Process Will Harm Dems

Douglas Schoen, The Hill

Lesson for the White House: Impeachment Is Unpredictable

Andrew McCarthy, NRO

'SNL' Goes Full Pravda for 'President' Warren

Christian Toto, Hollywood in Toto

The Real Reason Facebook Won’t Fact-Check Political Ads

Siva Vaidhyanathan, NYT

NYT Writer Dismisses the Emotional Toll on the Cancelled

David Marcus, Federalist

The Despicable Shaming of Katie Hill

Jill Filipovic, The Guardian

The Conflict Avoidance Generation

Noah Rothman, Commentary